BA Curating and Art History
Entry requirements
A level: AAB You do not need an A level in History of Art. IB: 35 points BTEC: DDD We consider a range of BTEC qualifications equivalent to 3 A Levels, or in combination with A Levels or other qualifications. For example: Distinction, Distinction in BTEC Level 3 National Diploma plus A at A Level Distinction in BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate plus AA at A level Distinction, Distinction in 2 BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificates plus A at A level
About this course
BA (Hons) Curating and Art History, a history of art degree centred on the study of visual culture and museum display practices. Core topics include Research Methods. The course includes a curatorial internship and collaborative partnerships with external galleries and museums. The first year introduces fundamental concepts through modules such as The Art of Looking, The Practices of Art History, Materials of Art and Architecture, and Objects in Focus (Curating). The second year advances practical experience through the Curatorial Internship and Group Exhibition Project modules. In the final year, students complete a BA Dissertation. Throughout the course, optional modules allow students to explore diverse subjects ranging from fashion history and art law to global Renaissance art, photography, and modern museology.
Modules
- Curatorial Practice Now
- The Art of Looking
- The Practices of Art History
- Materials of Art and Architecture
- Objects in Focus (Curating)
- Transmissions and Connections
- Curatorial Internship
- Group Exhibition Project
- Italian for Art History Level 2
- Art and Its Institutions
- Research Skills for Art History
- Journeys, Histories, and Methods of Display
- Curating the Dressed Body in Fashion History
- Interwoven: Fashion and Clothing Communities in Art History (1800 - the Present)
- Fashion, Sustainability, and Ethics
- Art Law
- What is Pop Art?
- Art in the USA 1942-1975
- Surrealism: Art and Liberty
- Made in Italy
- The Future is Still Female: Art and Feminism since the 1970s
- How to Be a Critic
- The Emergence of Photography
- Camera South Asia
- Indo-British Art, c.1527-1947
- Cut / Bite / Stamp: The Power of the Printed Image in Eighteenth-Century Britain
- Painting in Eighteenth-Century Britain
- The English Country House
- Three Rogue Architects
- Images as Knowledge
- Material Encounters in Northern Renaissance Art
- Contemplation, Knowledge and Power: Medieval Maps
- The Arts of Italy and the ‘Global Renaissance’
- Art in Renaissance Florence: Materials, Making, Agency
- From Brick into Stone: Islamic Architecture in Anatolia During the Long Thirteenth Century
- Looting, Acquiring, Gifting: The Islamic Art Market and Museums
- Babylon-Berlin: Ancient Art and Modern Museology
- Art and Iconoclasm: The Power of Images
- The First Cities: Art and Architecture of Ancient Mesopotamia
- BA Dissertation
- Journeys, Histories, and Methods of Display
- Curating the Dressed Body in Fashion History
- Interwoven: Fashion and Clothing Communities in Art History (1800 - the Present)
- Fashion, Sustainability, and Ethics
- Art Law
- What is Pop Art?
- Art in the USA 1942-1975
- Surrealism: Art and Liberty
- Made in Italy
- The Future is Still Female: Art and Feminism since the 1970s
- How to Be a Critic
- The Emergence of Photography
- Camera South Asia
- Indo-British Art, c.1527-1947
- Cut / Bite / Stamp: The Power of the Printed Image in Eighteenth-Century Britain
- Painting in Eighteenth-Century Britain
- The English Country House
- Three Rogue Architects
- Images as Knowledge
- Material Encounters in Northern Renaissance Art
- Contemplation, Knowledge and Power: Medieval Maps
- The Arts of Italy and the Global Renaissance
- Art in Renaissance Florence: Materials, Making, Agency
- From Brick into Stone: Islamic Architecture in Anatolia During the Long Thirteenth Century
- Looting, Acquiring, Gifting: The Islamic Art Market and Museums
- Babylon-Berlin: Ancient Art and Modern Museology
- Art and Iconoclasm: The Power of Images
- The First Cities: Art and Architecture of Ancient Mesopotamia